Hand corn-planter



C. B. ARNOLD. ulgynncom PLANTER.

'L' Patented Apr. 14, 1885 UNITED STATES PATENT irren.

CHARLES BRUCE ARNOLD,

OF GLENCOE, KENTUCKY.

HAND CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No.,315,881, dated lapril ld, 1885.

Application filed July 3v, 1884. (No model.)

.To all whom it 77mg concern;

Be it known that I, GHARLEs B. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glencoe, in the county of Gallatin and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and usefulHand Corn-Planter,of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to hand corn-planters; and it has forits obj ectto provide a corn-planter of the class referred to that shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, cheapness, durability, and genera-l efficiency over others of its class; and my invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts,as willbe hereinafter fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved corn-planter, a portion of the fabric that connects the legs together and also a portion of the fabric that covers the seed-tubes being broken away. Fi g. 2 is a vertical sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-section above the seed-slide. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a modification of the seed-slide. Fig. 5 is adetailview of the tapering strips.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A B designate the legs of the planter, which are provided with handles C C at their upper ends and at their lower ends with blades D D, having inturned flanges E E, by which they are hinged or pivoted together in such a manner as to be capable of being opened and closed in the usual manner.

F is the box orhopper, which is rectangular in form and is secured to the leg B. The hopper Fis provided with a sliding lid, G, and just above its bottom in its outer wall, H, it is provided with atransverse opening, I, extending nearly across said wall. To the inner face of said wall H, and projecting slightly below the upper edge of the transverse opening I, is a transverse wooden strip, J ,which is secured in place by two screws, K, passed through washers and through holes in the wall H into said strip J. The bottom of the hopper is of wood. The leg B forms the front side of the hopper and is provided with a transverse opening, K. Vithin the hopper, and secured to the face of the leg B above the transverse opening K in such a manner as to project down .the lower end of the wooden portion of the leg B. The two outer strips, N are widest at their upper end and taper toward their lower end, their outer edges being straight and Hush with the outer edges of the leg B. IThe two inner strips, N N2, are widest at their lower ends. Their adjacent edges are straight and the edges farthest apart are tapered. The lower ends of the intermediate strips, N N2, are beveled on both faces to form points thereon. Between the upper ends of the outer and intermediate strips the legB is gouged'from the transverse opening K downwardly for short distances to form mouths for the three seedtubes O O O2, formed between thc tapering strips. The seed-tubes are formed by covering the tapering strips and the spaces between them with a piece of fabric, l), of oil-cloth or the like material. The fabric is secured in place by tacks, and extends' from the upper ends of the strips to the commencement of the bevels on the lower ends of the intermediate strips. The upper connection between thelegs A and B is made by securing two slightly downward-tapering pieces of oil-cloth or other suitable material to the sides of the hopper by screws, and below the hopper to the edges of the legs, by tacks, in a rni manner. The seedslide Q is of double length-that is, it passes entirely through the hopper, and projects through the transverse opening in the hopperwall H. The free end of the seed-slide Q, is never drawn entirely within the hopper during the operation of the planter. The seedslide Qis of copper or malleable cast-iron, preferably, and is polished on its upper face to insure easy and accurate working in its guides. This slide has an offset or raised portion near its rear end, as shown at R, and infront of this raised portion R are three seed-openings, S S

IOO

S2, arranged in a transverse line. These seedopenings cut slightlyinto the offset R, and the offset is beveled downwardand forward to insure the entrance of the corn-to seed-openings. While the seed-openings are over the bottom of the hopper they form seed-cups; but when over the seed-tubes they form openings th rough which the corn drops into the seed-tubes. The middle seed-tube, O, is straight and discharges at the middle of the bottom of the planter. The seed-tubes O and OZ incline outwardly anddischarge on opposite sides of the middle tube, O. The seed-cups hold one grain of corn each. The seed-slide Q has an integral horizontal stem, T, provided near its outer end with a vertical perforation, U. This stem T passes into a rectangular' opening, V, in the leg A, directly opposite the transverse opening in the leg B, and the leg A is provided on its inner face above and below the opening V with staples W W W2. A hook-rod, X, having the hook at its upper end, is passed down through the uppermost staple, W, through vertical perfo-v ration U in the stem T, and through the staples W W2, and forms the fastening for the seed-slide. A guide and stop-block, y, is secured tothe leg B above the transverse opening K at the middle of the leg, and projects down part way over the said opening K. This block serves as a guide for the seed-slide.

In the modification the seed-slide is cut off a short distance in front of the seed-cups, and its forward edge is beveled downward and forward, as shown at a. Its side edges are provided with tongues, as shown at b, and the transverse opening I in the wall H of the hopper is omitted, and the bottom of the hopper is providedwith grooves for the tongues I. In other respects the planter is constructed as -hereinbefore described.

a point from above downward, of the intermediate strips, N N, tapering from below upward, and the fabric P, for covering the strips to form the seed-tubes, as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presi ence of two'witnesses. Y CHARLES BRUCE ARNOLD. v

Witnesses: l

JOHN WILLIAM WH'rr'r, ROD PERRY. 

